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The 9th edition of the Samsung Amman Marathon will be held October 13 under the slogan “Run to The Heart of The City of Amman”, with the expected participation of thousands of runners from all over the world.

The Palestinian man is accused of offering Dh120,000 worth of bribes to an officer at the Dubai International Airport to help him travel despite having a criminal case of a dud cheque. Advocate Nasser Hachem argued his client wanted to travel to be by the side of his nine-year-old dying son.

Dozens of participants “from all spectrums of democracy stakeholders” gathered on Saturday to participate in the “Score for Democracy” event organized by the European Union (EU), which took place in Amman Football Club.

Jordan is a key western ally in the fight against Islamic State and other extremist groups in Iraq, Syria and Libya. Despite this, since 2011 over 3000 Jordanians have left to fight alongside terrorist groups and the country has the highest per-capita number of fighters in Syria, according to the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism.